Bonobos Exhibit Delayed Development of Social Behavior and Cognition Relative to Chimpanzees

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-230

  Wobber, Victoria ^a   Wrangham, Richard ^a   Hare, Brian ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEARNING; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PAN;

EID: 75749155429     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.070     Document Type: Article

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